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Link: The trouble with Flash and REST

Posted by James - 22/05/09 at 12:05:33 pm

REST is “..a technique to organise a web service into resources that can be uniquely identified by a URI.”. Basically, its another form of webservice/HTTPService.  But there’s a few issues with using it in Flash, which Steve Webster gives a good overview of;

http://dynamicflash.com/2008/11/the-trouble-with-flash-and-rest/

Link: Rendering native system icons in AIR

Posted by James - 22/05/09 at 09:05:43 am

Here’s a cool trick for Adobe AIR – getting native system icons.  So, if you have x application associated with x filetype, you can show the same icon in AIR as you would see on your desktop.  I don’t think it can get you the little preview windows you might get for PDFs or JPGs, whether you can get custom icons (like you’d get on your ‘My Documents’ or ‘My Pictures’ folders) but it’s something cool to check out.

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/stevencarpenter/entry/air_using_native

ImageSizer version 0.4.9 released!

Posted by James - 11/05/09 at 09:05:23 am

It’s been quite a while coming, but a new version of ImageSizer is now available. Here’s a little look at what’s new…

Optional custom chrome:

Introduced as a part of our bid to follow ‘application best practice’, you can now enable or disable the custom chrome and window transition effects.  There’s plus sides to both custom and native OS chromes, but the point is that it’s always nice to let you choose!  The native OS chrome has better integration and performance than a custom chrome, but doesn’t always look quite so nice – and can’t have the same funky window window transitions.  It’s also going to be more consistent with the window chrome of other desktop applications, and gives you a noticeable performance boost on lower spec machines.

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Flash Camp Birmingham

Posted by James - 07/05/09 at 09:05:50 pm

Flash Camp Birmingham is now open for registrations – it’s on June 16th (2009), 12pm – 8pm.

It’s gonna be great, of course – is organised by the Flash Midlands user group, and is the first FlashCamp to take place in the UK outside of London.  Luckily for all who are used to everything taking place in London, Birmingham is only a single train ride from London.

There’s quite a few interesting presentations arranged for the day: http://flashcamp.co.uk/schedule.html and plenty of information on how to get there: http://flashcamp.co.uk/venue.html

Head on over to the website to register, and turn up on the day! (It’s free!)